NEVER mind Islamic State (ISIS) or Assad, Charlotte Church has blamed Syria's brutal civil war on CLIMATE CHANGE.

Appearing on the BBC's Question Time last night, the singer said global warming was a "big factor" in the Syrian conflict which has killed at least 250,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

Ms Church, 29, later took to Twitter to complain about the audience after they reacted to her comments with a stunned silence.

Accusing people of dismissing her points, the left-wing activist told critics to "go do some research" and "we'll have a conversation about the 'real world'".

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Responding to whether British airstrikes on ISIS targets should be ruled out, Ms Church said the UK should ask the Syrian people who their real enemy is.

The Welsh signer added: "Another interesting thing with Syria actually, lots of people don't seem to know about it, is there is evidence to suggest that climate change was a big factor in how the Syrian conflict came about."

Ms Church was slammed by Twitter users for her comments, with one posting: "Never mind terrorism, Islamism & tyranny, Syria crisis all due to climate change says international relations expert Charlotte Church".

The singer said the war-torn country has experienced one of the worst droughts in its history between 2006 and 2011.

Ms Church added: "This of course meant that there were water shortages and crops weren't growing so there was a mass migration from rural areas of Syria in the urban centres which put more strain and resources were scarce et cetera."

She said this "did contribute to the conflict there today".

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Charlotte Church appeared on Question Time in Cardiff

There is evidence to suggest climate change was a big factor in how the Syrian conflict came about

Charlotte Church

The former child prodigy then added: "No issue is an island, so I also think we need to look at what we're doing to the planet and how that might actually cause more conflict in the world."

The audience responded to her comments with complete silence.

Can't say I had a ball on question time, that's not a Cardiff/Welsh audience that I would recognise. However thanks for your support twitter

Saying the crowd did not feel like any Welsh crowd she would recognise, Ms Church blasted those on Twitter who mocked her climate change comments.

She also said: "That audience was not representative of the Wales I know and live in. Mostly ill informed. Mainly right wing".

The episode of Question Time was filmed in Ms Church's home town Cardiff and featured Labour's new MP Stephen Kinnock, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb and Margaret Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore.

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Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the Syrian civil war

Ms Church also praised Jeremy Corbyn's anti-war stance and his vow never to use nuclear weapons.

She said: "I think that it's commendable. I think that if nuclear warfare occurs then you know, you've got the start of World War Three, so I actually think it's a really commendable place to come from to say 'no I would not be prepared to destroy hundreds of thousands of people".